Cost Planning in Networks 

Purpose

In integrated project management, plan costs are first calculated using valuation rates or the prices for internal and external activities and the required operating resources. In networks, you plan services, internally/externally processed work, and the required resources in network activities. The system then calculates the plan costs, taking account of the dates. The cost determination is based on the quantities and prices stored in the system.

The planned costs are distributed over time, based on the distribution over time of the activities and operating resources planned in the activity.

Integration

Simulation versions are also available in connection with network costings. This is the only means available there for planning and transferring costs in simulation versions. You can use simulation versions to depict different cost planning scenarios.

The costs determined using costings serve as the basis for creating resource-related quotations.

Features

You can calculate plan costs for networks either in network maintenance, using the network costing, or outside network maintenance, using the asynchronous network costing. With this, you can calculate costs for several projects simultaneously.

See Asynchronous Network Costing.

You use the unit costing for detailed cost planning, particularly in the early stages of a project when you have not yet created detailed structures.

See also Unit Costings in Networks .

You use the invoicing plan to reproduce when costs occur for externally procured services (externally processed activities) and materials (non-stock components) as well as general costs activities.

See also Network Invoicing Plans .